| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| phalli | plural | of Phallus |
| pharos | noun | A lighthouse or beacon for the guidance of seamen. |
| phases | plural | of Phase, of Phasis |
| phasel | noun | The French bean, or kidney bean. |
| phasis | noun | See Phase. |
| phasma | noun | An apparition; a phantom; an appearance. |
| pheese | verb t. | To comb; also, to beat; to worry., Fretful excitement. |
| phenic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, phenyl or phenol. |
| phenix | noun | A bird fabled to exist single, to be consumed by fire by its own act, and to rise again from its ashes. Hence, an emblem of immortality., A southern constellation., A marvelous person or thing. |
| phenol | noun | A white or pinkish crystalline substance, C6H5OH, produced by the destructive distillation of many organic bodies, as wood, coal, etc., and obtained from the heavy oil from coal tar., Any one of the series of hydroxyl derivatives of which phenol proper is the type. |
| phenyl | noun | A hydrocarbon radical (C6H5) regarded as the essential residue of benzene, and the basis of an immense number of aromatic derivatives. |
| philip | noun | The European hedge sparrow., The house sparrow. Called also phip. |
| philo- | A combining form from Gr. fi`los loving, fond of, attached to; as, philosophy, philotechnic. | |
| phizes | plural | of Phiz |
| phlegm | adjective | One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed. See Humor., Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory and digestive passages., A watery distilled liquor, in distinction from a spirituous liquor., Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness. |
| phleme | noun | See Fleam. |
| phleum | noun | A genus of grasses, including the timothy (Phleum pratense), which is highly valued for hay; cat’s-tail grass. |
| phloem | noun | That portion of fibrovascular bundles which corresponds to the inner bark; the liber tissue; — distinguished from xylem. |
| phocal | adjective | Pertaining to seals. |
| phoebe | noun | The pewee, or pewit. |
| pholad | noun | Any species of Pholas. |
| pholas | noun | Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pholas, or family Pholadidae. They bore holes for themselves in clay, peat, and soft rocks. |
| phonal | adjective | Of or relating to the voice; as, phonal structure. |
| phonic | adjective | Of or pertaining to sound; of the nature of sound; acoustic. |
| phono- | A combining form from Gr. / sound, tone; as, phonograph, phonology. | |
| photic | adjective | Relating to the production of light by the lower animals. |
| photos | plural | of Photo |
| photo- | A combining form from Gr. fw^s, fwto`s, light; as, photography, phototype, photometer. | |
| phrase | noun | A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as, an adverbial phrase., A short, pithy expression; especially, one which is often employed; a peculiar or idiomatic turn of speech; as, to err is human., A mode or form of speech; the manner or style in which any one expreses himself; diction; expression., A short clause or portion of a period., To express in words, or in peculiar words; to call; to style., To use proper or fine phrases., To group notes into phrases; as, he phrases well. See Phrase, n., 4. |
| phthor | noun | Fluorine. |
| phylae | plural | of Phyle |
| phylon | noun | A tribe. |
| phylum | noun | One of the larger divisions of the animal kingdom; a branch; a grand division. |
| physic | noun | The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory or practice of medicine., A specific internal application for the cure or relief of sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine., Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic., A physician., To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine to, esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to purge., To work on as a remedy; to heal; to cure. |
| phyto- | A combining form from Gr. fyto`n a plant; as, phytochemistry, phytography. | |
| phyton | noun | One of the parts which by their repetition make up a flowering plant, each being a single joint of a stem with its leaf or leaves; a phytomer. |